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Athletics governing body to require DNA tests for women’s sports (www.aljazeera.com)

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World Athletics chief say rules will uphold the integrity of women’s sport amid debate over inclusion of trans athletes.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 12 points 9 months ago (46 children)

The Olympics have nothing to do with the original Olympics anymore, do they? They have skateboarding ffs. But trans is too far.

Actually, now I'm curious how they will handle cases of people with more than 2 chromosomes.

And, who runs these organisations? Are they under US influence?

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Which original Olympics? In nude? With OG disciplines?

To be honest, the classic disciplines are boring.
I liked skateboarding, breaking (breakdance).

Maybe we should be more unisex, add more shooting, chess, card games, e-sport, Formula E, etc.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

add more shooting, chess, card games, e-sport, Formula E, etc.

I know it wouldn't be unheard of (art used to be a category) but I'd hate this so much because to me, the Olympics are a celebration of physical excellence.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 9 months ago

Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, said on Wednesday that track and field’s governing body had agreed to introduce the testing to keep the “absolute focus on the integrity of competition”.

That's the point I was addressing. The Olympics have change a lot. If they want to talk about integrity, they've already lost.

Maybe we should be more unisex, add more shooting, chess, card games, e-sport, Formula E, etc.

This is why I don't watch the Olympics anymore. They are a parody of the original.

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